Childcare
Good childcare is essential in order to successfully combine studying and family. We can help you register your child for a daycare facility in Bonn. Furthermore, we provide you with information about financing childcare and the possibilities of day care.
Place allocation for the 2022/23 daycare year completed
The places for the coming daycare year (starting in August 2022) have already been allocated. However, applications for admission to our daycare facilities can still be submitted to the Office of Family Services. Your child will then be added to the waiting list for the desired facility. Please do not forget to additionally register your child for the facility via the parent portal KITA-NET.
Childcare facilities for students
Address
Heinrich-von-Stephan-Straße 3
53175 Bonn-Gronau
Kita Rheinaue cares for 30 children from the age of four months to three years. It also runs an open concept to care for 60 children from the age of two to school age.
Costs: an income-dependent parental fee + monthly fee for meals (€80)
Applications should be made via KITA-NET Bonn (German only).
Address
Eduard-Pflüger-Straße 56
53113 Bonn
The daycare center of the Augustinushaus is a facility of the Catholic University Community Bonn where childcare in two mixed-age groups with a maximum of 15 children is provided.
Costs: an income-dependent parental fee + a fee for meals
Applications should be made via KITA-NET Bonn (German only).
Address
Maxstraße 36
53111 Bonn
Kinder St.E.R.N. 4(childcare for student parents during off-peak hours and in the afternoon) is located in Bonn's old town and allows students to have their children cared for two to three days a week for a total of up to 16 hours.
Registration is done through la familiär.
Contact
Phone: 0228-33627283
Email: kinderstern@la-familiaer.de
Other childcare facilities
Address
Adenauerallee 63
53113 Bonn
Located close to the main building of the University of Bonn, the daycare facility Newmanhaus cares for 31 children in two groups.
Costs: an income-dependent parental fee + monthly fee for meals (€80 for students)
Registration: Please complete the application provided below and send it to the Office of Family Services. You should also register your preference of childcare facility via KITA-NET Bonn.
This service is only open to children over the age of three.
Address
Auf dem Hügel 18
53121 Bonn-Endenich
The daycare facility Auf dem Hügel is located close to the Endenich Campus. It provides 50 places for full-day childcare.
Costs: an income-dependent parental fee + monthly fee for meals (€80 for students)
Registration: Please complete the application provided below and send it to the Office of Family Services. You should also register your preference of childcare facility via KITA-NET Bonn.
Only children over 3 years old can be accepted.
The Kindertagespflege Sternchen is housed in Kita Sonnenschein in Endenich. All the childcarers with which the University of Bonn cooperates through the "Netzwerk Kinderbetreuung" are fully-qualified and are subject to regulation by the local authorities.
The City of Bonn provides subsidies for daycare costs depending on the number of hours required.
Applications are accepted throughout the year.
Further Information about daycare services is available on the City of Bonn's website.
The University of Bonn also works with Ratz und Rübe, a provider of daycare services.
Locations: Kessenich and Castell
All the childcarers with which the University of Bonn cooperates through the “Netzwerk Kinderbetreuung” are fully-qualified and are subject to regulation by the local authorities.
The City of Bonn provides subsidies for daycare costs depending on the number of hours required.
Applications are accepted throughout the year.
Further information about daycare services is available on the City of Bonn's website.






Application forms
Choose the relevant application form for the childcare provider of your choice. Please submit the form preferably digitally via e-mail to familienbuero@uni-bonn.de.
Financing
Parental contributions vary from municipality to municipality and depend on the income. Students are usually not charged any fees.
Advantages for holders of the Bonn card
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The parental fee is reduced by 50% as long as the card is valid
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Card holders can apply for a reduction in the meals fees charged in daycare centers.
Childcarers
Childcarers provide an individual and flexible form of childcare. A childcarer can provide care for a maximum of five children in their household.
Costs
An income-dependent fee to be paid to the local authority. Parents can apply for a subsidy payable to help cover the costs for childcarers at their local authority .
Do you have any questions or are you interested in advice or in finding a childcarer?

Contact
Snezana Krtinic
Please also read
Children and family
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The German childcare system
My child has a spot in a Kita. What's next? The website HandbookGermany answers frequently asked questions about the German childcare system.
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